Firecrawl nabbed Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke as an investor from a gutsy email after they discovered he was using the product.
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AI crawler Firecrawl raises $14.5M, is still looking to hire agents as employees | TechCrunch
Firecrawl nabbed Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke as an investor from a gutsy email after they discovered he was using the product.
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The new options are designed to appeal to playlist experts and other music fans, who have collectively created nearly 9 billion playlists on Spotify's platform to date.
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Spotify's latest feature lets you add your own transitions to playlists | TechCrunch
The new options are designed to appeal to playlist experts and other music fans, who have collectively created nearly 9 billion playlists on Spotif...
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The sleep tech company raised from HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Y Combinator and big F1 names like Charles Leclerc and Zak Brown.
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Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand its AI-powered sleep tech | TechCrunch
The sleep tech company raised from HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, and big F1 names like Charles Leclerc and Zak Brown.
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This plan will offer 10x more messages and image generation than the free tier, among other benefits.
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OpenAI launches a sub-$5 ChatGPT plan in India | TechCrunch
This plan will offer 10x more messages and image generation than the free tier, among other benefits.
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Softbank will pay $23 per share for Intel common stock.
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SoftBank makes $2B investment in Intel | TechCrunch
SoftBank will pay $23 per share for Intel common stock.
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Data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned notified 1.1 million customers of a July data breach, a number not previously reported.
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Allianz Life data breach affects 1.1 million customers | TechCrunch
Data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned notified 1.1 million customers of a July data breach, a number not previously reported.
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X is struggling on Android with installs down by 49% year-over-year as of June 2025
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X's declining Android app installs are hurting subscription revenue | TechCrunch
X is struggling on Android with installs down by 49% year-over-year as of June 2025.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating Meta and Character.AI over claims they deceptively market chatbots as mental health tools, raising concerns about child safety, data privacy, and targeted advertising.
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Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims | TechCrunch
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is investigating Meta and CharacterAI over claims they deceptively market chatbots as mental health tools, raisin...
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What makes Focus Friend different is that it assigns you a new friend: a little bean.
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Hank Green's Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it's extremely cute | TechCrunch
If you fail to stay focused, you will make an anthropomorphic bean very sad, because its knitting project depends on your ability to stay on task.
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Substack's iOS app rolls out support for web-based payments, which can save subscribers money.
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Substack writers can now direct US readers to (often cheaper) web-based subscriptions on iOS | TechCrunch
Substack's iOS app rolls out support for web-based payments, which can save subscribers money.
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